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Laptop thief busted by 'Find My Phone' App
A would-be clever thief from Thorngrove found out the hard way that in the digital age, stolen gadgets can fight back.Prince Nyahwa (30) thought he had made a smooth getaway after slipping int...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:43hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cracks down on informal trading
The City of Bulawayo (BCC) has announced a swift and decisive crackdown on micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and other traders operating in undesignated areas within the city centre....Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 10:13hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Zimra blitz disrupts Bulawayo traders
Scores of traders operating within Bulawayo's city centre were left reeling last week after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) implemented a series of business closures, as part of a wider nationa...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:42hrs | 1995 | by Staff reporter
Informal traders urged to keep import documents
Informal traders affected by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA)'s anti-smuggling blitz have been advised to maintain proper documentation of imported goods to facilitate easier verification and sm...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:17hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Zimra shuts down Unity Village Flea Market in Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has locked up Unity Village Flea Market in Bulawayo as part of a nationwide crackdown on smuggled goods and counterfeit products. The move is part of ZIMRA's eff...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 15:42hrs | 2332 | by Staff reporter
Vendors defy Bulawayo council directive
IT was business as usual yesterday for vendors operating along 5th Avenue in the City Centre, as they openly defied a Bulawayo City Council directive to vacate the street by Sunday to pave the way for...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo flea burns
ABOUT 350 traders in Bulawayo have been left stranded after their wares were reduced to ashes by a raging inferno, which engulfed Mutize Flea Market, popularly known as the ‘Little Musina" early yes...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outcry over Zimbabwe's proposed US$50 cellphone tax
GOVERNMENT has been urged to withdraw the proposed US$50 cellphone levy as it could create a digital divide, as handset dealers will simply pass on the expense to already constrained consumers....Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Cop 'killer' flushed out of Lobengula hideout
A FRACTURED arm and a missing ring finger are the least of Ntabiso Ncube's worries as he stands accused of shooting dead a police officer, who was part of a team that foiled an armed robbery by ...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Cop killer arrested
AN armed robber who shot dead a policeman during a foiled robbery in New Luveve suburb in Bulawayo has been arrested.The policeman, Constable Gibson Tafara Madzimure (35), was shot in the head...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 18:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to prioritise e-Learning in marginalised areas
NKAYI-Learners, teachers and parents in Nkayi have implored the government to prioritise marginalised communities under its much vaunted e-Learning Strategy. This comes hard on the heels of an e-learn...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 10:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to provide free internet to schools
GOVERNMENT is set to provide free internet services to 400 schools while 180 more rural schools will have been connected by the end of year as part of efforts to accelerate the National e-Learning Str...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 20:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Gampu's 4×4 car not stolen
CHIEF Gampu's 25-year-old son allegedly crashed his official vehicle during a joyride and lied that it had been stolen. The unregistered Government official double cab Isuzu worth $50 000 had ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Unity Village goes up in smoke
PROPERTY worth more than $300 000 was destroyed when a huge fire gutted Bulawayo's biggest flea market, Unity Village. The flea market, which is located at the corner of Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo S...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sanitary wear cry out in Binga
Women in Siachilaba Community Village in Binga have raised concern over Sanitary Wear (Pads) saying its expensive and they have resorted to using worn out clothes as sanitary wear which they reuse....Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 00:27hrs | | by Virginia Zifesho
Starting a mobile phone repair business
LAST week I had an opportunity to visit a reputable mobile phone service centre in Harare and yes it was quite a revelation. Having spent more of my working career around software, computers, laptops,...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 13:58hrs | 1 | by Robert Ndlovu
Gidiza's whereabouts still shrouded in mystery
LEGENDARY Zimbabwean footballer Ronald "Gidiza" Sibanda's whereabouts were still shrouded in mystery yesterday evening as he was still to report home despite making a call to his mother on Thursday ev...Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Man kills 'cheating spouse', burns body
AN ENRAGED Bulawayo man fatally stabbed his "cheating" wife 30 times using a sharp object before burning her body using an unknown flammable substance, a High Court judge heard yesterday.Bulaw...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 06:49hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Dembare bus in accident
Dynamos FC team bus was involved in an accident on Saturday (today) morning in Bulawayo.The bus hit a BMW car close to Unity Village.No injuries where reported, DembareDotcoms po...Published: 21 May 2016 at 12:31hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Soma-Phiri, top cop fight over parking space
Highlanders FC assistant coach Amini Soma-Phiri was involved in a scuffle with a top Bulawayo cop over parking bay space.The incident happened last Thursday at around 9pm close to Unity ...Published: 25 Mar 2016 at 10:27hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Eto'o snubs Zimbabwe invite
Global football star Samuel Eto'o, who was billed to officially open the community village running alongside the 18th International Conference on Aids and STIs in Africa, failed to turn up amid revela...Published: 01 Dec 2015 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe comes face-to-face with gays
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe will this weekend come face-to-face with gays and lesbians - whom he has publicly excoriated as being "worse than pigs and dogs" - when he officially opens the 18th Internation...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 14:23hrs | 1 | by Wongai Zhangazha
Samuel Eto'o heads to Zim for STI conference
AFRICA'S top footballer Samuel Eto'o is due in Harare next week to attend the International Conference on Aids and STIs in Africa ( ICASA).Eto'o is expected to be the guest speaker.Acc...Published: 17 Nov 2015 at 11:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Teachers are sad victims of witchcraft, live at the mercy of goblins
Teachers are not only victims of economic woes bedevilling the country but they are also sad victims of spiralling witchcraft and goblins that storm our communities from the world of darkness to unlea...Published: 17 Jan 2015 at 13:03hrs | 1 | by Nelson Masukume
Church thief acquitted
A Bulawayo man who was betrayed by a cellphone with a tracking system, which he had allegedly stolen after breaking into the Apostolic Faith Church of Zimbabwe offices in Bulawayo and also alleged...Published: 13 Sep 2014 at 06:11hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Tracker sells out cellphone thief
A CELLPHONE with a tracking system sold out a thief who thought he had hit the jackpot when he broke into the Apostolic Faith Church of Zimbabwe (AFMZ) offices in Bulawayo and stole the phone and more...Published: 28 Aug 2014 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Man stabs wife to death, burns body
AN ENRAGED Bulawayo man stabbed his wife to death and burnt her body using an unknown flammable substance after the two had a domestic dispute.Jonathan Manguyana, 31, of Romney Park in Bulaway...Published: 08 Mar 2014 at 12:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'It's bad for Prophets to gain prominence through football'
ZIMBABWE soccer fans have demanded an apology from prominent Bulawayo Prophet Blessing Chiza after the Warriors were booted out by Libya in the semi-finals of the Orange Africa Nations Championships (...Published: 31 Jan 2014 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Sports reporter
'Dead' businessman sends text messages to friends apologising he died
A BULAWAYO man, Lawrence Ndlovu, who is a cellphone dealer at Unity Village flea market in the city centre, faked his death in a bid to avoid massive debts.Ndlovu reportedly sent his friends t...Published: 10 Jan 2014 at 08:20hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Generations actors in Bulawayo - Photos
POPULAR South African actors who feature in the SABC 1 soapie Generations, Thami Mngqolo and Anga Makubalo where today spotted in the City of Kings and Queens, Bulawayo.Below are some photos...Published: 09 Nov 2013 at 15:09hrs | | by Citizen Journo via WhatsApp
Redan Filling Station re-opens
A BULAWAYO Redan Filling Station that was gutted by fire in April has been re-opened after renovations at a cost of about $100...Published: 29 Jun 2013 at 04:47hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Fire guts Redan service station, tanker
A REDAN Petroleum filling station was yesterday afternoon gutted by fire following an explosion allegedly triggered by a disconnected hose which splashed fuel that was ignited by sparks from a weldin...Published: 19 Apr 2013 at 03:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Breaking News: WOZA activists in rare demonstration in BYO
A group of Women for Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) female activists are currently laying on the tarmac in Bulawayo along fourth and main street demonstration over devolution....Published: 19 Jun 2012 at 13:26hrs | | by Monica Dlamini
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